We provide data of a case study from the GNSS station Sutherland, South Africa (SUTM). This data set contains soil moisture derived from GNSS data using reflectometry. It covers a time period from January 1, 2008 to September 1, 2014 and gives the integral soil moisture over an area of 60 by 60 m for the uppermost surface (max. down to 10 cm. depth) The data are daily averages based on daily measurements from 6 different satellites. The GNSS derived soil moisture was validated by Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) observations. The detailed description of the processing, the evaluation with TDR and the discussion of the results is described in Vey et al. (2015).
The data are provided in ASCII format with four colums: (1) year (YEAR) (2) day of the year (DOY) (3) volumetric soil moisture as average over all satellite tracks (SM Vol %) (4) accuracy, root mean square error of soil moisture from a single satellite track compared to the mean of all satellites (RMSE Vol %).
Description of changes in the new version:- On October 18, 2018 we republished all simulation data for all impact models to get the data sets into the new search facet structure. There were no changes to the simulation data.- Files for JULES-B1 (formerly JULES_UoE) were not available since the date of issuing the DOI until March 13, 2019. Until that date, these files were only available in the ISIMIP DKRZ server.---------------------------------------------------------------------The Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP) simulation data is under continuous review and improvement, and updates are thus likely to happen. All changes and caveats are documented under https://www.isimip.org/outputdata/output-data-changelog/.For accessing the data set as in http://doi.org/10.5880/PIK.2018.006 before March 13, 2019 please write to the ISIMIP Data Management Team: isimip-data[at]pik-potsdam.de---------------------------------------------------------------------The Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP) provides a framework for the collation of a set of consistent, multi-sector, multi-scale climate-impact simulations, based on scientifically and politically-relevant historical and future scenarios. This framework serves as a basis for robust projections of climate impacts, as well as facilitating model evaluation and improvement, allowing for improved estimates of the biophysical and socio-economic impacts of climate change at different levels of global warming. It also provides a unique opportunity to consider interactions between climate change impacts across sectors.ISIMIP2a is the second ISIMIP simulation round, focusing on historical simulations (1971-2010) of climate impacts on agriculture, fisheries, permafrost, biomes, regional and global water and forests. This may serve as a basis for model evaluation and improvement, allowing for improved estimates of the biophysical and socio-economic impacts of climate change at different levels of global warming.The focus topic for ISIMIP2a is model evaluation and validation, in particular with respect to the representation of impacts of extreme weather events and climate variability. During this phase, four common global observational climate data sets were provided across all impact models and sectors. In addition, appropriate observational data sets of impacts for each sector were collected, against which the models can be benchmarked. Access to the input data for the impact models is provided through a central ISIMIP archive (see ISIMIP 2a Input Data & Bias Correction at https://www.isimip.org/gettingstarted/#input-data-bias-correction).This entry refers to the ISIMIP2a simulation data from permafrost models: JULES-B1 (formerly JULES_UoE), LPJmL, IAPRAS-DSS.
The Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP) provides a framework for the collation of a set of consistent, multi-sector, multi-scale climate-impact simulations, based on scientifically and politically-relevant historical and future scenarios. This framework serves as a basis for robust projections of climate impacts, as well as facilitating model evaluation and improvement, allowing for improved estimates of the biophysical and socio-economic impacts of climate change at different levels of global warming. It also provides a unique opportunity to consider interactions between climate change impacts across sectors.ISIMIP2a is the second ISIMIP simulation round, focusing on historical simulations (1971-2010) of climate impacts on agriculture, fisheries, permafrost, biomes, regional and global water and forests. This may serve as a basis for model evaluation and improvement, allowing for improved estimates of the biophysical and socio-economic impacts of climate change at different levels of global warming.The focus topic for ISIMIP2a is model evaluation and validation, in particular with respect to the representation of impacts of extreme weather events and climate variability. During this phase, four common global observational climate data sets were provided across all impact models and sectors. In addition, appropriate observational data sets of impacts for each sector were collected, against which the models can be benchmarked. Access to the input data for the impact models is provided through a central ISIMIP archive (see ISIMIP 2a Input Data & Bias Correction at https://www.isimip.org/gettingstarted/#input-data-bias-correction).This entry refers to the ISIMIP2a simulation data from permafrost models: JULES-B1 (formerly JULES_UoE), LPJmL, IAPRAS-DSS.